Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps is dead

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edited March 2014 in A Moving Train
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/20/fred-phelps-dies-at-age-84-westboro-baptist-church-founder-was-suffering-from-health-problems/
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    I won't give him the satisfaction of responding the same way he responded to the death of others

    That being said: The world is now a better place.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    A little less active hate in the world...not a bad thing.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 25,072
    fred who?

    maybe he will meet his f@g hatin god and realize that he, himself, was the one who deserved to have been hated.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    I know that people will call for loud, obnoxious protests at his funeral...
    I hope that doesn't happen. I hope we do not lower our morals to the standards set by Rev. Phelps.
    I hope that with his death... comes the beginning of the end of the Westboro Baptist Chuch and their horrible moral conduct.
    ...
    I aslo do not shed a tear for him. Let's bury his message with him and move forward.
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    Hail, Hail!!!
  • mikepegg44
    mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    unfortunately Cosmo, Frankenstein's monster doesn't need The doctor to survive and terrorize.

    on Phelps, I thought I felt the world become a little bit of a better place today. Spent so much energy on ridiculous endeavors...
    that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,020
    I would say, "Have a fun eternity in Hell you motherfucker!", but I'm an Atheist. :D

    I am glad he's dead.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    edited March 2014
    mikepegg44 said:

    unfortunately Cosmo, Frankenstein's monster doesn't need The doctor to survive and terrorize.
    on Phelps, I thought I felt the world become a little bit of a better place today. Spent so much energy on ridiculous endeavors...

    ...
    I completely understand. I just don't think we should become the monster that disgusts us.
    ...
    I think the best way to deal with them is to use humor to make them look like the idiots they are. We should rally to the funerals they target and instead of tryig to drown them out with even louder shouts... make funny sign and stand next to them for Facebook pictures as if they are animals at the zoo and says ridiculous shit while people take your picture. Make their media grab... ours. Make it so we are the one the press puts on the screens, not them.
    I think a sign that says, 'MAN ASS (you know you want it)' a sign that just says 'FAG' with an velco backed arrow so you could stand next the the guy with the 'GOD HATES FAGS' sign and have your sign pointing at him... that'd be funny, right? Hell... make a sign that says, 'PLAY LEASH YOU PUSSIES' as an inside joke just to get a laugh from the Pearl Jam crowd.
    Remember, WE have the same rights as they do. They have used our rights to legally protest... we can do the exact same thing. They do not own that public sidewalk... I can stand there with my signs, just the same as me. If they touch me... I can claim assault and have them arrested. Turn the tables on them and have fun in doing so.
    That would be my tactic.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 25,072
    in my opinion, the best thing to do is to ignore him, his funeral, and his legacy.

    in a situation like this, i think indifference is the greatest form of vengeance.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    in my opinion, the best thing to do is to ignore him, his funeral, and his legacy.

    in a situation like this, i think indifference is the greatest form of vengeance.

    Good points Rod. I agree.
    And I would add that his tombstone will likely see its share of urine over the years.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Cosmo said:

    I know that people will call for loud, obnoxious protests at his funeral...
    I hope that doesn't happen. I hope we do not lower our morals to the standards set by Rev. Phelps.
    I hope that with his death... comes the beginning of the end of the Westboro Baptist Chuch and their horrible moral conduct.
    ...
    I aslo do not shed a tear for him. Let's bury his message with him and move forward.

    Totally agree. It would be a complete fail for those who were disgusted by his actions (like me) to go and do the same thing to him.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,020
    know1 said:

    Cosmo said:

    I know that people will call for loud, obnoxious protests at his funeral...
    I hope that doesn't happen. I hope we do not lower our morals to the standards set by Rev. Phelps.
    I hope that with his death... comes the beginning of the end of the Westboro Baptist Chuch and their horrible moral conduct.
    ...
    I aslo do not shed a tear for him. Let's bury his message with him and move forward.

    Totally agree. It would be a complete fail for those who were disgusted by his actions (like me) to go and do the same thing to him.
    For sure. It is NEVER okay to desecrate a funeral. Two wrongs don't make a right.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,075
    Rest in hell. He lived too long.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,587
    edited March 2014
    huh, I debated on wether or not to go to an AA meeting today because I got back early. i went. Was a literature meeting from our book 12 steps and 12 traditions. Today we read the essay on Step 10 "continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong , promptly admitted it"

    Daily deal, what we did right, what we did wrong. If it doesnt cause harm and can be helpful admit it to the one(s) we wronged. Either way its designed to help us toward better behavior.

    I tend to think that those folks and him in particular could have benefited from this exercise.


    For those that do, pray his god has the tolerance and forgiveness he so readily ignored.
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  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Cliffy6745 said:

    Rest in hell. He lived too long.

    My sentiments exactly.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Earlier I was wondering what his eulogy would be like.

    Then, ironically, this came to mind from Tool's song of the same name -

    "He had a lot to say...he had a lot of nothing to say"

    (won't miss him though)
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,333
    =D> =D> =D> =D>
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Cosmo said:

    I know that people will call for loud, obnoxious protests at his funeral...
    I hope that doesn't happen. I hope we do not lower our morals to the standards set by Rev. Phelps.
    I hope that with his death... comes the beginning of the end of the Westboro Baptist Chuch and their horrible moral conduct.
    ...
    I aslo do not shed a tear for him. Let's bury his message with him and move forward.

    Let's bury his message by having his funeral be silent. A representation of what his victim's would have liked, and he would learn what empathy means from the grave. A little too late.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 25,072
    edited March 2014
    the eulogy will probably be something like this....

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    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    i hope his family and followers can find the peace he never would have let them have.
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  • brianlux
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